Book signing set for March 16

February 15, 2013

The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. and the Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc. (SHAF) are co-sponsoring a book signing dinner on Saturday, March 16 at the War Memorial Building in Shepherdstown. The dinner will celebrate the publication of Dr. Tom Clemens's second volume of Ezra Carmen's The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 and the publication of Dennis Fryes book September Suspense: Lincoln's Union in Peril. Tom is the president of SHAF and Professor Emeritus of Hagerstown Community College. Dennis is Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

The book signing will be from 6 to 7 p.m. during a cocktail hour. Dinner will be served afterward. After dinner, Tom and Dennis will discuss the subject of their books. In addition, an auction of Civil War related items will be held at the dinner. The cost is $45 per plate. More details and reservations can be made at www.battleofshepherdstown.org For more information call Carol at 732-930-3132.